Where does “sandwich board” come from?

sandwich board (English) comes from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan — to fit, to fix, to put together.

sandwich board (English): A person-sized, wearable billboard or...

Definitions

  1. A person-sized, wearable billboard or...

Ancestry of “sandwich board”, step by step

sandwich board traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English board

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
2Englishboardridersurfer
3EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
4Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
5Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
6Old Englishrīdererider, knight
7Old Englishrīdanto ride
8Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
9Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
10Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English Sandwich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSandwichone of the historic Cinque Ports OS grid ref TR3258
2Frenchsandwichsandwich food
3EnglishsandwichA dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-